Ice-box.



PATBNTED AUG. 21, 1906.

W. H. HORNER.

ICE BOX.

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ICE BOX.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed August 29, 1905- serial No. 276,183.

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Be it known that I, ,VVILLlAM I'I. llORNER,

a citizen of the ,United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the countyof Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ice Boxes, of which the following is aspecification, suchas will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the/same.

The object of this invention is to providean improved ice-box orrefrigerator by means of wlnch access to any of the contents storedtherein is readily gained, a further object being to provide an ice-boxof this class which permits of greater storage capacity in proportion toits size than ice-boxes as heretofore, constructed and a still furtherobject being .to provide an ice-box by means of which a continualcirculation of cold air through and among the artlcles stored therein isassured; and with these and other objects In view the invention consistsof an ice-box as hereinafter described and claimed.

'lhe invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings forma part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of-the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View ofanice-box constructed according to my invention; Fig 2, a Verticalsection thereof taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4; Fig. 3, a lan viewthereof with the cover removed, and Fig. 4 a section thereof on the line4' 4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown anice-box a, provided with the usual hinged cover I) and with adoor c inthe front thereof, which opens into a compartment 0 arranged beneath agrating 0 upon which ice is adapted to be placed, the grating 0 beingarranged in a metallic casin comprising the sides of the box and a metasheet 0 and beneath the grating 0 is the bottom 0 of the chamber 0, andbeneath the bottom 0 is a false bottom 0 and the melted troughctherethrough and to t ice drips from the bottom 6 to a trough c andthence into a catch-basin and outlet 0, and in this dri ping the coldwater acts upon the air in the c iamber con its assage to the 1ecatch-basin a, and the an therein s cooled, as Wlll be readily seen,

The compartments or chambers o and 6 take up but a portion of the box a,leaving a compartment (1 on the other side thereof, and in thiscompartmentd are four Vertically-arranged angle-iron guides d whichserve to guide a vertically-movable frame 0, composed of vertical cornermembers e and horizontal partition-plates e, and in practice thepartition-platcs e are preferably provided with an open-work interior 6,as clearly shown, and connecting the tops of the corner members e arebackward] y and forwardly arranged brace members a, upon each of whichis pivotally mounted a s )ring-operated catch e",'and the bottoms oftlie eorner-stri )s e are connected by longitudinally-arranged bracemembers a.

Mounted in the front and rear of the compartments d and at the topthereof area plurality of pulleys f, over which pass cables f which aresecured at their l'owerends to the brace members 6" and at their otherends to corresponding weights arranged at the op posite sides'of thecompartment d, and these weights are sufficiently heavy to raise theframe e vertically when the partition-plates thereof are filled witharticles stored in the said box.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings I have shown the preferred form of theweightsf, said weights being curved'and raised on their ends to pro videlugs f for the reception of the ends of the cables f and the bottoms ofthe said weights are square, as shown, and the cables are made of alength t'o permit the frame'e when in its lowermost position to bebeneath the bottom of the weights f as clearly shown in Fig. 4, at whichtime the spring-catches 6 are forced beneath the said weights and serveto hold the frame e down and the weights f 3 up; but when the saidspring-catches e are operated to release the weightsf the frame e orelevator-car is moved upwardly into the position shown in Fig. 1, atwhich time access is gained to all four sides of the elevator, and anyarticle may be removed therefrom without the necessit of removingseveral artlcles in order to reac 1 the one desired.

As shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, the partition-plate c is providedwith a plurality of openings 9 therethrough, and as the tendency of coldair is to go down and war manto group the air passes through thepartitionplate 0, downwardly through and around the elevator-car e whenin its lowermost position and through the compartments, and thence up tothe top of the box again, and this c rculation of air continues, andwhen the 11d of the box is Open the warm air is permltted to IIO escapefirst, and in. practice perishable com modities are preferably placed onthe lower artitions or shelves 0 while those less perishable are placedon the upper shelves, and by means of my construction any of thecontents of my box may be reached without the necessity of bending onesback in order to remove the same or to locate the same, and as light'isadmitted to all sides of my elevator-car no trouble whatever isexperienced in locating any desired article;

It will be seen from this construction that the compartment is adaptedfor larger articles--such as bottles of water, watermelons, and the likeor very heavy articles, whereas the elevator-ear is adapted 'for sucharticles as butter, milk, fruit, and the like, and in practice I makethe spring-catches 6 automatic in their 0 eration by simply beveling theedges thereoi which eome'in contact with the weights, so that the saidspring-catches are lorced backwardly in the operation of forcing my cardownwardly, and when the lowermost position thereof has been reached thesaid spring-catches, as previously stated, are forced beneath theweights, and inprac- 'tice Iprefer to have the top shelf of theelevator-car e at some distance from the lid?) in order to provide roomfor articles such as glasses, pitchers, and the like.

Although I have shown my elevator-car provided with four shelves, itwill be obvious that any number of shelves maybe employed and variousmodifications in the construction of the said car may be made, as 'wellas changes in and modifications of the construction of the box itself;and with this reservatio'n.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1 An ice-box provided with a compartment having pulleys in the oppositeside corners, a vertically-movable frame mounted in said compartment,cords passed over said pulleys and connected with the bottom of saidframe, weights also connected with the opposite side pulleys and thedistance between which is greater than the transverse width of saidframe, and spring-catches con nected with the top side portions of saidframe and adapted to engage said weights when the said frame is in itslowest.- position, substantially as shown and described.

2. An ice-box provided with a compartment having pulleys in the oppositeside corners, a vertically-movable frame mounted in said compartment,cords passed over said pulleys and connected with the bottom of saidframe, weights also connected with the opposite side pulleys and thedistance between which is greater than the transverse width of saidframe, andspring-catches connected with the top side portions of saidframe and adapted to engage said weights when the said frame is in itslowest position, said box being also provided with an ice-receptacle,substantially shown and described.

- In testimony that I, claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signedmy name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 26th day ofAugust, 1905.

-WILLIAM H. HORNER.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. J. KLEIN.

